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. >> there is one great predictor, 18 of the 19 times since 1936 the washington redskins last home game dictated the winner of the election a couple days later. the incumbent is tied to whether or not the redskins win or lose and the incumbent, president obama's body is tied to a loss. >> but the defecating on the lawn sign this is the party of occupy wall street. so, are we really surprised? >> they are into fertilizer. >> four years ago the "new york daily news," the 5th largest in the country, consider add blue-collar paper, endorsed president obama, i am a columnist for the paper and they said endorsed mitt romney saying that the hopes of those days and everything the president promised was unfulfilled. i know he will not win new york. but how much dot endorsements matter? >> at least from a tone perspective on the campaign you can see that mitt romney has fought his way through a tough primary and has worked so hard he has convinced many papers, including in wisconsin, that paper flipped from obama support in 2008 to romney in 2012. you do not do that without effort and persuasion.
. >> there is one great predictor, 18 of the 19 times since 1936 the washington redskins last home game dictated the winner of the election a couple days later. the incumbent is tied to whether or not the redskins win or lose and the incumbent, president obama's body is tied to a loss. >> but the defecating on the lawn sign this is the party of occupy wall street. so, are we really surprised? >> they are into fertilizer. >> four years ago the "new york daily...
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the exit plans from chicago back to washington aren't quite known yet. that happened only hours ago. >> joanie, thank you so much. >> ohio and florida two swing states that were gracively courted by both campaigns. exit polls reveal the buckeye state. it remains too close to call. heather nauert joins us now with a look at the exit polls. >> good morning. a whole lot of pen dits predicted the winner would become the next president of the united states. that remains true one group that helps give president obama the edge union households. 61 percent backed the president last night to 37 percent of them sided with mitt romney. that is an increase from obama four years ago. they reminded them often about their support for the bailout of the u.s. auto industry. that really connected with voters. 59 percent approved of the pailout. >> they showed jew close that race is in florida. they make up a third of the electorate there. 50 percent of them supported president obama compared to 48 percent for mitt romney. there is a sizable piece of the american populatio
the exit plans from chicago back to washington aren't quite known yet. that happened only hours ago. >> joanie, thank you so much. >> ohio and florida two swing states that were gracively courted by both campaigns. exit polls reveal the buckeye state. it remains too close to call. heather nauert joins us now with a look at the exit polls. >> good morning. a whole lot of pen dits predicted the winner would become the next president of the united states. that remains true one...
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when i came to washington with the president in 2009, he sat down in a room with members of congress, both republicans and democrats, who had supported comprehensive immigration reform in the past and sid, i want to work with you. let's lock arms and get this done. and then a policy decision was made by the republican leadership that they were not going to play and they didn't want to move on this issue because they didn't want to antagonize the most strident voices. they paid a big price for that. you mentioned the overwhelming vote that the president got among latino voter. i think that they are going to have an opportunity to move on that fairly soon. >> david, i've been around the president five or six years. certainly you've been around them more than most. the thing that strikes me is how cool he is under fire. he never -- with all of this ugliness and acrimony, he's never at one time responded and played into the ugliness during this campaign. and the other thing is that he seems to be a big picture thinker. in all of the meetings, he always is kind of above the minute minutia,
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he joins us from washington this morning. good to see you, sir. >> good morning. >> how significant is this? one, how long do you expect him to stick around. many feel holder will stick around until the civil relation legislation. two will his departure mean much. >> this is something that should have happened a long time ago. the least popular member of the administration because is he probably the most corrupt attorney general since the harding administration. you know, we have had fast and furious. we are had new blank black panthers, khalid sheikh mohammed. interesting and tough is how he calls it i think americans think it's something else. >> let's -- who is the replacement? who do you think it will be? janet napolitano. >> they have talked about janet napolitano. they have talked about the devol patrick, the former assistant attorney general for civil rights now the governor of massachusetts. i like it's like the who. new boss same as the old boss except clone hands. eric holder's replacement won't have the baggage tha
he joins us from washington this morning. good to see you, sir. >> good morning. >> how significant is this? one, how long do you expect him to stick around. many feel holder will stick around until the civil relation legislation. two will his departure mean much. >> this is something that should have happened a long time ago. the least popular member of the administration because is he probably the most corrupt attorney general since the harding administration. you know, we...
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doug luzader is in washington with more. >> good morning guys. the president has won another four years. that much is clear. does he really have a mandate? house republicans also won on tuesday. with the fiscal cliff rapidly approaching the fundamentals here haven't changed all that much. president obama arrived back along with the first family getting ready to settle in for another term. not much time to celebrate. the fiscal cliff is approaching just down the street at the capitol. they could start hammering the combination of spending cuts and tax hikes. after tuesday does the president really have a mandate to raise taxes on the wealthy something he has pushed for years. senate maorijority leader harry reid says yes. >> this is the message american people sent from all over. that is they are tired of these partisan gridlock. >> republicans look at the impact they have on hiring with the unemployment rate still just shy of 8 percent. house republican speaker john boehner is showing a willingness to raise revenue if it involves simplifying the
doug luzader is in washington with more. >> good morning guys. the president has won another four years. that much is clear. does he really have a mandate? house republicans also won on tuesday. with the fiscal cliff rapidly approaching the fundamentals here haven't changed all that much. president obama arrived back along with the first family getting ready to settle in for another term. not much time to celebrate. the fiscal cliff is approaching just down the street at the capitol. they...
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washington post election, i don't think that either party has a real mandate per se overall you would think the overall mandate would be to save this country. neil, you've been on top of this. i have a feeling we'll go into that january 1st with no deal and maybe the markets crashing, maybe people in the street before they cobble together something akin to kicking it down the road again. they gave themselves a ticking time bomb and now they look like inspector clouseau trying to take it apart. >> neil: ben stein? >> other than raising taxes, it doesn't terrify me to see the taxes going up on the screen, what terrifies me cutting defense. i'd much rather see the taxes go up than cutting defense. and president obama gave a speech, my way or the highway. >> he said exactly the opposite, i mean, i'm listening to the two of you, i've never been more hopeful about this problem getting resolved. john boehner made conciliatory comments last week and the president made conciliatory-- >> i think ben was saying on the tax issues raising on the rich, debate how much he's going to raise that. he s
washington post election, i don't think that either party has a real mandate per se overall you would think the overall mandate would be to save this country. neil, you've been on top of this. i have a feeling we'll go into that january 1st with no deal and maybe the markets crashing, maybe people in the street before they cobble together something akin to kicking it down the road again. they gave themselves a ticking time bomb and now they look like inspector clouseau trying to take it apart....
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voters approved referendum legalizing pot in washington and colorado. it's still against the law at the federal level, and the federal drug enforcement agency isn't happy. joining me now, jonna spilbor, former prosecutor now defense attorney. and arthur aidala. they will explain whether it's okay to toke up in these two states. you have got to love the governor of colorado. it is still illegal under federal law. so you tell me how they can toke up in colorado and washington state. >> you are familiar with a lot of these terms. i'll leave that alone. it should be known the governor was against this. the electorate came out 5% for it. in a state where marijuana use among children is going down and they are on this plight to be the healthiest state in the nation. let's talk about the federal prosecuting people who have one ounce of marijuana. it doesn't happen. anybody knows that the fed, the fbi, they are not doing street busts, corner bursts. this would have to go into effect by the distributors. so what's going to happen is they will try to set up distr
voters approved referendum legalizing pot in washington and colorado. it's still against the law at the federal level, and the federal drug enforcement agency isn't happy. joining me now, jonna spilbor, former prosecutor now defense attorney. and arthur aidala. they will explain whether it's okay to toke up in these two states. you have got to love the governor of colorado. it is still illegal under federal law. so you tell me how they can toke up in colorado and washington state. >> you...
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should we be letting that play out or "the washington post" columnist david is nacolumnist e washington post" columnist said we need answers before tuesday. >> we know on september 10 the day before the attack the president had a meeting with the secretary of state, the secretary of defense to go over 9/11 threats and mitigation efforts. was libya discussed in that meeting? were these reports brought up in that meeting and was he briefed on that? did he know about the deteriorating security situation in benghazi? that's important. if somebody told you that there were bands of arsonists roaming around in your neighborhood and your house was in danger of being destroyed and your house was burned down you wouldn't blame spontaneous combustion. if they were warned the embassy was in danger of a coordinated attack, why did he blame a spontaneous protest for weeks. >> he never blamed a spontaneous protest. he did not. the president did not do it. >> he said it repeatedly. >> the president of the united states never blamed the spontaneous attack in his statement. megyn: he linked what happened
should we be letting that play out or "the washington post" columnist david is nacolumnist e washington post" columnist said we need answers before tuesday. >> we know on september 10 the day before the attack the president had a meeting with the secretary of state, the secretary of defense to go over 9/11 threats and mitigation efforts. was libya discussed in that meeting? were these reports brought up in that meeting and was he briefed on that? did he know about the...
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second point, the fact checkers, like glen kessler at the washington post, my newspaper -- did a great job and people have analyzed, he was hard on romney, hard on obama, giving him four pinocchios for something that is in my book, where obama said -- on sequestration, which is an awful word, automatic spending cuts, obama said, it's just not true. hey, look, this wasn't my idea. the congress came up with it. i have chapter and verse detailed meetings who is there and it was all a white house idea-- >>> can i give you an example? >> sure. >> sean: and i will concede your point on the washington post, pinocchios, distributed evenly. there was some good work there. i won't -- >> excellent work. >> sean: all right. if you didn't see the first debate as a total, complete knockout, even the president admitted it, in light of this, we don't know to this day where the president was, what he knew about requests for security before, during, why he wouldn't acknowledge it's a terror attack after, why cbs steve croft held the tape that proved that what he said was a lie. why did our government gi
second point, the fact checkers, like glen kessler at the washington post, my newspaper -- did a great job and people have analyzed, he was hard on romney, hard on obama, giving him four pinocchios for something that is in my book, where obama said -- on sequestration, which is an awful word, automatic spending cuts, obama said, it's just not true. hey, look, this wasn't my idea. the congress came up with it. i have chapter and verse detailed meetings who is there and it was all a white house...
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i a not here to defend washington. none of this is being handled -- gerri: that would be to baggage up for all three of us put together. let me tell you. >> all of these things have to be dealt with. i can't disagree with that. think that there is this piecemeal approach to our problems that will solve anything. gerri: well, how likely given the fact that there is not even another meeting scheduled for everybody to get together and talk about this issue, how likely is it that we will get any kind of resolution before the end of t year? >> i think it's more likely each and every day that the democrats are willing to jump off the cliff. and i happen to believe that they are believing their own polling which they believe that the american people blame the republicans for going off the clif but the bottom line is we don't have a national election for two years. the public is a very short memory. the bottom line is either you deal with it this year, next year. it has to be dealt with because you know what's happening? what
i a not here to defend washington. none of this is being handled -- gerri: that would be to baggage up for all three of us put together. let me tell you. >> all of these things have to be dealt with. i can't disagree with that. think that there is this piecemeal approach to our problems that will solve anything. gerri: well, how likely given the fact that there is not even another meeting scheduled for everybody to get together and talk about this issue, how likely is it that we will get...
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i want to tell washington, i were with you, and now i am telling washington i'm coming back to lot el you. i will go back there if you don't get off your ass and do something, this is all of america. [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we fd the best, sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announr ] hurry in to rd lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent crab entrees, all under 20 dollars. like a half-pound tender snow crab paired with savory grilled shrimp, st 12.99. or our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake. [ forsythe ] if i wouldn't pt on my table at home, i wouldn't bring it in. my name's jon forsythe, and i seaood differently. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and
i want to tell washington, i were with you, and now i am telling washington i'm coming back to lot el you. i will go back there if you don't get off your ass and do something, this is all of america. [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we fd the best, sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announr ] hurry in to rd lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent crab entrees, all under 20...
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"washington post" abc news poll americans think governor romney is best suited for fixing the economy. are those concerns and capabilities reflected in the media coverage of this race? alan, let's start with you. >> why don't you started with me. i think it has been reflected. we keep hearing economy and economy and romney is a business guy and he ran this bain capital and he was a job creator which he really wasn't. we've heard in the media all along. i know there is paranoia that the left wing media is in the tank for obama and never tells the truth about romney. romney, i don't know what he stands for but i could understand why those polls b around the media narrative. >> all those folks that work at staples, their jobs were not created by mitt romney? >> mitt romney was a flipper. he was a venture capitalist. he would buy companies and get rid of them. >> media's focus on the economy led the washington post to do a huge article on the alleged bullying in 1965 while ignoring president obama's policies he wrote about himself. the laser focus has him. >> "new york times" writing a wh
"washington post" abc news poll americans think governor romney is best suited for fixing the economy. are those concerns and capabilities reflected in the media coverage of this race? alan, let's start with you. >> why don't you started with me. i think it has been reflected. we keep hearing economy and economy and romney is a business guy and he ran this bain capital and he was a job creator which he really wasn't. we've heard in the media all along. i know there is paranoia...
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. >> bill: let's take a look at the washington post national poll. they took a look across the country and found this race tied. 48% each. that does left 4% undecided. i will get to that in just a minute. let's take a look at the real clear politics national average. they take the polls and combine them and take the average. 1/10 percent lead for president obam a. again, you have 4%, or 5% undecided. the question i keep asking, david, is if after four years of an obama administration, people are undecided, might they not be inclined to try the guy who hasn't had the office yet? >> they might. we have seen in past electrics, where undecided voters at this late date, by and large go with the challenger. but the question, too, given how decide divided the country is, are they going to show up? if they don't, who does that hurt? who does that help? it also is interesting because you have this race, by and large, focused on about 10 battleground states, very intensely treally hasn't been a national campaign, given that everybody's been traveling to the sa
. >> bill: let's take a look at the washington post national poll. they took a look across the country and found this race tied. 48% each. that does left 4% undecided. i will get to that in just a minute. let's take a look at the real clear politics national average. they take the polls and combine them and take the average. 1/10 percent lead for president obam a. again, you have 4%, or 5% undecided. the question i keep asking, david, is if after four years of an obama administration,...
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. >> i want to bring in ruth marcus, columnist at "the washington post" and perry bacon, an msnbc contributor. what's your sense of this? are we setting up for a feisty but doable deal? but is it also possible we're in for a battle of epic proportions? >> yes to both questions. i think feisty is a great word. i think it is doable. whether that means it's going to get done is another question. and speaker boehner is in a delicate position. he would like to e get something done, but he's got an unruly boisterous caucus to be managing. >> i heard from a senator that he's going to need to bring in eric cantor somehow. he's going to have to enlist him if it's going to get done. we did get the preview yesterday. what's the president's strategy going to be? does he need to set an agenda for how to move forward? >> he's going to speak in generalities. he's not going to lay out a detailed, here's what i want to do five-point plan. i think that's smart. the best approach is to work this through congress with the white house being involved as well. take it as a patient process. >> let me play a little m
. >> i want to bring in ruth marcus, columnist at "the washington post" and perry bacon, an msnbc contributor. what's your sense of this? are we setting up for a feisty but doable deal? but is it also possible we're in for a battle of epic proportions? >> yes to both questions. i think feisty is a great word. i think it is doable. whether that means it's going to get done is another question. and speaker boehner is in a delicate position. he would like to e get something...
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the campaign continues in washington. congressional leaders admit talks over how to get the federal budget in order have slowed. congressional aides say they have received no and buy from the white house for another deficit meeting. instead, the president is hosting small business leaders, ceos, and heading to philadelphia to sell his position on taxes. a spokesman for the house speaker says the president should be focusing on congressional democrats who republicans they refuse to offer necessary spending cuts. other republicans said democrats are simply continuing election season. >> this seems like our friend on the other side are having difficulty turning off the campaign. we need to sit down and work this matter out. >> we are all here, this administration and those who have been elected to congress, to erve the iraqi people. to suggest that we should, now that the election is over, stop talking to them about these vital issues i think is bad advice. >> republicans also planted a little campaigning themselves. house r
the campaign continues in washington. congressional leaders admit talks over how to get the federal budget in order have slowed. congressional aides say they have received no and buy from the white house for another deficit meeting. instead, the president is hosting small business leaders, ceos, and heading to philadelphia to sell his position on taxes. a spokesman for the house speaker says the president should be focusing on congressional democrats who republicans they refuse to offer...
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the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night. friday morning, the staff director told me, there were a number of calls from press about this. i called david petraeus. >> director petraeus resigned less than a week before he was scheduled to testify before congress about the cia's response to the deadly 9/11 raid on the american consulate in benghazi. at this point, he is not expected to appear anymore. although, the vice chairman of the senate committee says petraeus might not keep quiet forever. >> he's a very capable dupe morel, mike morel, is going to be testifying next thursday. that's fine because he certainly was there when -- when all of decisions were made, relative to benghazi. but at the end of the day, i would not rule out general petraeus being called to testify. >> we learned that congressman dave reicher from washington state was approached by an fbi whistle-blower who wanted to make sure someone in congress knew about the investigation into this affair. he notified the house major leader, eric canter, who passed it
the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night. friday morning, the staff director told me, there were a number of calls from press about this. i called david petraeus. >> director petraeus resigned less than a week before he was scheduled to testify before congress about the cia's response to the deadly 9/11 raid on the american consulate in benghazi. at this point, he is not expected to appear anymore. although, the vice chairman of the senate committee says petraeus...
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thoughts escaping, home where my music is playing ♪ ♪ where my love lies waiting silently for me ♪ ♪ >> in washington the big story on this thanksgiving day is cease-fire on middle east. tonight on special report, this is the first day of the truce brokered by egypt and the u.s. of course, the question, how long will will it last. tensions remain high, we will have a live report from jerusalem. president obama is calling for a unity on this thanksgiving day and urging americans to put aside partisan differences and work together. and comes as the advanced cliff and tax deductions for charitable giving and take a look at that. and black friday shopping, starts in hours. some are having a jump on the traditi traditional season and one is wal-mart, embroiled in an issue. we'll have a live report on that. and special report starts at 6 eastern. for now we'll take you back to "the five." ♪ ♪ don't know much about history ♪ ♪ don't know much biology >> are you ready? >> oh, anyway, don't know much about history? apparently not. you're not alone. dave mccollough, one of the greatest historians think
thoughts escaping, home where my music is playing ♪ ♪ where my love lies waiting silently for me ♪ ♪ >> in washington the big story on this thanksgiving day is cease-fire on middle east. tonight on special report, this is the first day of the truce brokered by egypt and the u.s. of course, the question, how long will will it last. tensions remain high, we will have a live report from jerusalem. president obama is calling for a unity on this thanksgiving day and urging americans to...
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good night from washington, d.c.. we'll see you on gretawire.com for that open thread. good night. there you go. all right. well, be careful. be rise. >> eric: hello, i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, dana perino and "top kill brian kilm. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: who in the world can save us from the fiscal cliff? >> first of all, give honor to god. ♪ ♪ lord and savior, barack obama. >> eric: not even that savior. 36 days going over the fiscal cliff. you should know what is at stake if partisans don't figure out a way soon. bush tax cut goes away and that alone would drive taxes up for every american. the patches will die as well. so add in the failure of the super committee and sequestered $1.2 trillion. spending cuts of $600 billion in defense. why are we here? you can't blame revenues. americans forked over $2.3 trillion in taxes and fees last year. the taxaholics are stone cold drunk on our spending. spending is out of control. mr. president, waiting for you to stand up and show leadership. bob, haven't heard a thi
good night from washington, d.c.. we'll see you on gretawire.com for that open thread. good night. there you go. all right. well, be careful. be rise. >> eric: hello, i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, dana perino and "top kill brian kilm. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: who in the world can save us from the fiscal cliff? >> first of all, give honor to god. ♪ ♪ lord and savior, barack obama. >> eric:...
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good morning from washington. we've got a packed show today, thursday, november 1st. no more surprises. anything that happens now is a november surprise. i'm chuck todd. the storm recovery is just beginning and as victims try to put their lives back together, the frustration is beginning and it's mounting over just how long that recovery process will take. at least 74 people have been killed by the storm. millions of homes and businesses are still without power. new york city is grinding back into business a little bit and that's producing a traffic nightmare. the traffic problems are so bad that governor andrew cuomo has declared an emergency and there's a mandate of three people per vehicle for cars entering manhattan between 6:00 a.m. and midnight there. are long lines across the region. wednesday along the garden state parkway in hoboken, about a quarter of city is still flooded and 90% is without power. national guard troops are delivering food to people stuck in their homes. limited service on 14 of the city's 23 subway lines but many trains will have gaps in th
good morning from washington. we've got a packed show today, thursday, november 1st. no more surprises. anything that happens now is a november surprise. i'm chuck todd. the storm recovery is just beginning and as victims try to put their lives back together, the frustration is beginning and it's mounting over just how long that recovery process will take. at least 74 people have been killed by the storm. millions of homes and businesses are still without power. new york city is grinding back...
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nobody in washington could look at the program and say that it couldn't be improved upon. that is what governor romney said. governor, who knows a little something about the state/federal relationship. knows what it means to work with the federal government hind the red tape, which is what president obama called for cutting is a problem. not a program that couldn't be improved on. >> bob: that' romney said shuttr fema. >> dana: that doesn't mean he wouldn't help people. that's grossly unfair. >> eric: we'll take a fema victory lap? >> bob: sure. >> eric: want to do that? >> bob: sure. >> dana: wait four days when they don't have power. >> eric: put your money where your mouthsy. told the story earlier, the house down there probably going to be wiped out, she said what about insurance? only way to get flood insurance along the coast is if you go to the federal program. private insurance companies won't sell it to you. i never did it, because i'm against people using the fed to insure their homes. that shouldn't be insured. if it can't be done privately, don't do it. likely
nobody in washington could look at the program and say that it couldn't be improved upon. that is what governor romney said. governor, who knows a little something about the state/federal relationship. knows what it means to work with the federal government hind the red tape, which is what president obama called for cutting is a problem. not a program that couldn't be improved on. >> bob: that' romney said shuttr fema. >> dana: that doesn't mean he wouldn't help people. that's...
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steven kopf, washington bureau chief for the "cleveland plain-dealer.". drew, i want to start with you. in this kind of election a two point lead would seem to be monumental. yet the obama campaign is spending a lot of resources, sending a lot of surrogates to new hampshire, the president has been appearing there. why? >> the president has come here three times in the last month. four times if you go back to sent him self. he sent bill clinton twice. michelle has been here, both bidens. they're sending a lot of resources into a tiny state that has four electoral votes. my suspicion they're looking at internal polls showing it maybe a little closer than the public polls show it. jon: that two point lead we talked about from "politico" you think the obama campaign sees it smaller than that? >> that is my suspicion. why else would you have the president of the united states spend so much time, four visits to a state with four electoral votes? the other indication this is how close they believe the national election will really be. that the president has to c
steven kopf, washington bureau chief for the "cleveland plain-dealer.". drew, i want to start with you. in this kind of election a two point lead would seem to be monumental. yet the obama campaign is spending a lot of resources, sending a lot of surrogates to new hampshire, the president has been appearing there. why? >> the president has come here three times in the last month. four times if you go back to sent him self. he sent bill clinton twice. michelle has been here, both...
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which does beg the question, when did stripers in washington start bringing the poles home with them? or was she actually dancing for the gators? who were stoned? and if so, how did they give her dollar bills? >>neil: take the 98 percent deal and deal with tax rate hikes on the rich later? that is a republican congressman. comingcoming to you from sunny california, the tax capital of the world, taxes could now go even higher for those earning more than $250,000 a year, or maybe a lot higher because a republican congressman seas we should freeze tax rates for the majority of the americans in time for christmas and deal with the top 2 percent who likely see their rates raised later. that triggers this reaction from house of representatives speaker boehner. >> i told tom i disagreed. you are not going to grow the economy if you raise tax rates on the top two rates. it will hurt small business. it will hurt our economy. that is why this is not the right approach. >> now the guy at the center of the tax storm, oklahoma republican congressman, congressman, he singled you out for calling you
which does beg the question, when did stripers in washington start bringing the poles home with them? or was she actually dancing for the gators? who were stoned? and if so, how did they give her dollar bills? >>neil: take the 98 percent deal and deal with tax rate hikes on the rich later? that is a republican congressman. comingcoming to you from sunny california, the tax capital of the world, taxes could now go even higher for those earning more than $250,000 a year, or maybe a lot...
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in over 20 years working in washington i learned publicly traded major american corporations go through great pains not to look too political one way or the another. the significance of two ceos of major american corporations come out to correct in very colorful language mitt romney's statement. people in ohio trust those brands and companies. they want jobs from those companies. when they hear this public slapping of mitt romney from the leaders of those companies, that undercuts his credibility p more than anything he can take. it's staggers to me. >> le met play what clintoned. i'll tell you another concern a lot for some dengs behind the scenes that there's a nation a enthusiasm gap or it disappeared at this point. let me play it. >> i hear all these people say i was so enthusiastic four years ago. i so much hoped for a change. i'm disappointed in this, that, and the other thing. i may be the only person in america, but i am far more enthusiastic about president obama this time than i was four years ago. >> so there you have it, at least in some part former president bill clinton ac
in over 20 years working in washington i learned publicly traded major american corporations go through great pains not to look too political one way or the another. the significance of two ceos of major american corporations come out to correct in very colorful language mitt romney's statement. people in ohio trust those brands and companies. they want jobs from those companies. when they hear this public slapping of mitt romney from the leaders of those companies, that undercuts his...
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martha: peter doocy is live in washington. if this happens as we are now learning over a week ago, why didn't when find out about it before the election? >> reporter: the pentagon says they kept the lid on details of this incident until yesterday because the drone mission was classified. but a spokesman said it was a routine surveillance mission to monitor maritime shipping and this unmanned, unarmed drone never flew over iranian turf. >> our aircraft was never in iranian air space. it was always flying in international air space. the international recognized territorial limit is 12 nautical miles off the coast and we never entered the 12 nautical mile limit. >> reporter: monday was the first time the iranians have ever taken a shot at the u.s. drone. the pentagon says the iranian jets followed the drone for a while before it was able to make a safe landing at an undisclosed location. though my colleague jennifer griffin are sceptical of the pentagon accounts since the iranian jets fly at 150 miles per hour and the drone flies
martha: peter doocy is live in washington. if this happens as we are now learning over a week ago, why didn't when find out about it before the election? >> reporter: the pentagon says they kept the lid on details of this incident until yesterday because the drone mission was classified. but a spokesman said it was a routine surveillance mission to monitor maritime shipping and this unmanned, unarmed drone never flew over iranian turf. >> our aircraft was never in iranian air space....
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and is now going back to the message of change from 2008, saying not talking about changing washington, but bringing americans' voices into washington and talking about himself as a unifier, clearly a mantle he is picking up in the wake of his leadership role in the role he's taken after superstorm sandy. >> it's amazing. the twist and turns this race has taken, i guess every presidential race does in the final days. a new polling out from colorado, still a very tight race there. what does it mean for next tuesday? what do the number show? >> the numbers in colorado show 50-48 for the president. that's a statistical tie. this is a state that is going down right to the very end. you can tell that when you're here. the early voting. this is one of the places republicans have even a slight advantage. that's not the case in any of the other voting states. if you look at colorado, nevada, then to the midwest. you would have to say in the public polling, the president has a slight advantage. they're all close enough for this to play out on election day. but you mentioned it, and they talked
and is now going back to the message of change from 2008, saying not talking about changing washington, but bringing americans' voices into washington and talking about himself as a unifier, clearly a mantle he is picking up in the wake of his leadership role in the role he's taken after superstorm sandy. >> it's amazing. the twist and turns this race has taken, i guess every presidential race does in the final days. a new polling out from colorado, still a very tight race there. what...
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we know that things move slowly in washington, d.c. i think that is one element. if you couple this with the fact that 9/11 anniversary and couple that with the statement, videotape was somehow responsible. what you see is that is completely undercut. this cable says that the militias and al-qaeda are here. we essentially think we are next. to so to take this attack and suggest for such a long period of time it was a video when you have classified cable in the intelligence, it doesn't match up. >> greta: why aren't we getting much information out of the administration? is it in part because of the c.i.a. or situation where they are trying to cover mistakes? >> i believe they are trying to have a real investigation. i believe that we are also in the middle of something called an election and the final days. what i see is a growing body of evidence that the state department has can you please pa built for the death of ambassador and three americans. the warnings were specific. they were direct. they named the enemy, and they said this consulate needed more support.
we know that things move slowly in washington, d.c. i think that is one element. if you couple this with the fact that 9/11 anniversary and couple that with the statement, videotape was somehow responsible. what you see is that is completely undercut. this cable says that the militias and al-qaeda are here. we essentially think we are next. to so to take this attack and suggest for such a long period of time it was a video when you have classified cable in the intelligence, it doesn't match up....
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joining me now is ezra kleine, a columnist for "the washington post." you like to call it something else, the austerity crisis. we have to brand this so people know exactly what we're talking about. let's talk about what you raefr to as tax now, tax later on the question you pose. let's start with the possibility of tax now which is the preference of the president's team and something that they say that they are not going to back away from which is basically to implement tax hikes for the top earners. what advantages does tax now provide the president? >> right. so the white house wants to let the bush tax hikes expire for the rich, incomes over $250,000. that would raise about a trillion dollars over the next decade. now what republicans want and the other alternative here is to agree on some kind of framework for tax reform and the reason the white house doesn't want to do that is one thing they came away thinking after their 2011 negotiations to speaker boehner, you kind of can't trust the republican approach to tax reform, they talk a big game, and
joining me now is ezra kleine, a columnist for "the washington post." you like to call it something else, the austerity crisis. we have to brand this so people know exactly what we're talking about. let's talk about what you raefr to as tax now, tax later on the question you pose. let's start with the possibility of tax now which is the preference of the president's team and something that they say that they are not going to back away from which is basically to implement tax hikes for...
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>> "inside washington" is brought to you in part by the federal association o of employees, proud to make the governnt work. have picked ourselvlves. - >> we have to pick o ourselves . we have fought our way back. thate know in our hearts of the united states tamerica, the best is yet come. >> this week, the post-election rubio. ablestill wish had been to f ffill your hopes to lead the country in aa different directction. >> and where do weo from here? >> mr. p president, we stand rey to work with you. >> the republicans take a look at their game plan. >> i think republicans have done toousy job of reaching out people of color. >> an amazing campaign. let me be clear. i did not bill that. -- billetttt that. you build that. >> also a lo at b ballot initiatives, including legalizing pot. mythis is the best day ofof life. captned by th national capaptioning institute --www.ncicap.org--rg >> it t was a long, anxious nigt for a lot of people in thihis town and across the nation, but then the networks called ohio and you knew it was over. the president n 93% o african-americans, a 71% of t
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is he live with me from washington. good morning, david. >> good morning. >> gretchen: this early in the morning i'm glad you can calculate all these numbers in your head. the last unemployment rate we are going to see before the election inches up. what's the real number? >> no president has been reelected with an unemployment rate higher than 7.4 since franklin delano roosevelt. it's a tough hill to climb. the fundamentals of this number are even worse simply because some people have left the labor market that if barack obama had the same amount of people looking for work as when george bush was president. left presidency, we would have a 10.6 unemployment rate. it's far worse than it looks. >> gretchen: what about this u 6 unemployment rate being 14.6% for october. what's u 6? >> that is everyone who is looking for work part timers, all the people in the workforce rather than just eliminating a lot of people who simply stopped looking. the u-6 some people think it's the real unemployment rate. i mean, i don't think t
is he live with me from washington. good morning, david. >> good morning. >> gretchen: this early in the morning i'm glad you can calculate all these numbers in your head. the last unemployment rate we are going to see before the election inches up. what's the real number? >> no president has been reelected with an unemployment rate higher than 7.4 since franklin delano roosevelt. it's a tough hill to climb. the fundamentals of this number are even worse simply because some...
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so it's really incumbent upon washington to define the regulatory and the tax and the fiscal landscape in a positive way. lou: and going to go through some of your look. you are saying that if we go over the cliff, tax hikes, spending cuts will translate into sequestration and collapse of the bush tax cuts. the tax hikes and spending cuts would translate into a reduction in economic growth of 4%. that's automatic recession. >> absolutely. so the fiscal cliff is a contraction in the government imposed into the economy of 45% of gdp. on the first order that will hit and reduce economic growth from 2 percent down some-1,-2 very easily. lou: in your judgment would be helpful, profoundly helpful for congress and this president to agree that there will leave everything, create a status quo for negotiations on a reform of the tax code that would take place over the course of six to nine months next year and hold in abeyance any changes just simply stopping, for the first time in some time ever, congress and our president actually think through public policy. >> absolutely. tax-cut reform on t
so it's really incumbent upon washington to define the regulatory and the tax and the fiscal landscape in a positive way. lou: and going to go through some of your look. you are saying that if we go over the cliff, tax hikes, spending cuts will translate into sequestration and collapse of the bush tax cuts. the tax hikes and spending cuts would translate into a reduction in economic growth of 4%. that's automatic recession. >> absolutely. so the fiscal cliff is a contraction in the...
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joining me now is washington post staff writer zachary goldfarb. good morning to you you heard the president saying it was a good meeting. was anything substantive decided there? only a very small thing. which is that they're looking for a framework to find significant amount of tax and entitlement savings and find another mechanism to defuse the year-end fiscal cliff so there was very little progress. but you have to look at the music surrounding the meeting. it was very positive. this was the most bipartisan moment in arguably more after a divisive presidential campaign and i think optimism is running high and for good reason in washington. >> seems to be. on tuesday the president met with leaders from unions and liberal groups who were prepping him not to make any cuts to entitlements, medicare, social security. although we should say there are demonstrations planned this week, a couple of big ones. is it reasonable to think he can get breaks on tax increases without cuts to those programs? >> right. the great liberal fear right now is the presi
joining me now is washington post staff writer zachary goldfarb. good morning to you you heard the president saying it was a good meeting. was anything substantive decided there? only a very small thing. which is that they're looking for a framework to find significant amount of tax and entitlement savings and find another mechanism to defuse the year-end fiscal cliff so there was very little progress. but you have to look at the music surrounding the meeting. it was very positive. this was the...
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tonight, washington is reeling after one of the nation's top intelligence officials abruptly resigns. i'm liz cheney, in tonight for sean. the director of central intelligence, david petraeus stepped down, citing an extra-marital affair. after being married over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment, by engaging in an extra-marital affair. such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and the leader of an organization, such as ours. general petraeus, one of america's most respected and decorated military leader, served as the agency's head since april of last year. tonight, fox news has learned that the woman petraeus had an affair with is paula broadwell, who wrote a biography on petraeus, called "all in." their relationship was uncovered by the fbi, during an investigation unrelated to this matter. miss broadwell was interviewed on this very program in march. >> i love david petraeus. how well did you get to know him? >> pretty l. i spent 3 years, that started as my dissertation and became a book. i was imbedded into the headquarters and followed him around and gathered stra
tonight, washington is reeling after one of the nation's top intelligence officials abruptly resigns. i'm liz cheney, in tonight for sean. the director of central intelligence, david petraeus stepped down, citing an extra-marital affair. after being married over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment, by engaging in an extra-marital affair. such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and the leader of an organization, such as ours. general petraeus, one of america's most respected and...
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the debt and because of the lack of help when it comes to creating job friendly environment out of washington, for those reasons he will push independent voters towards romney. it's close and competitive. we have an equal ground game and i think we're going to win. >> neil: governor, thank you very much. governor mcdonnel led other governorships going republican and chris christie and famous turnover in the house. >> why wait for the election. rudy guliani says the president should call it quits right now. between handling of benghazi and sandy, the former mayor says if the president said, ado. we thought we would talk to him to explain that one. he is up next. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pai
the debt and because of the lack of help when it comes to creating job friendly environment out of washington, for those reasons he will push independent voters towards romney. it's close and competitive. we have an equal ground game and i think we're going to win. >> neil: governor, thank you very much. governor mcdonnel led other governorships going republican and chris christie and famous turnover in the house. >> why wait for the election. rudy guliani says the president should...
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the in washington ask is17 will he reach out more?ome almost this pel lament. you can hear it on any street corner in will the in? will he spend more casual time with members of congres ice. >> i mean mymption, mark maybe this is me just i don't know, spitballing, but he does some -- there is some following his re-election, that he he grand hereerted outreach to republican leadership given how much he w beating states of america, that he knows how much the gridlock is not serving anybody we of howhimself with limited outreach to republicans and democrats. you could say have the baners and mcdonnells up to:< campmn david one weekend soon. it's going to take more sustained contact than just a few symboli and it's not something he's been willing to do up to now and not clear that he's -- he feels he needs to do it. now there'srom chief of staff to treasury secretary. he's a good deal maker and has decent relationships on the hill. he needs either a new chief of staff if jack moves new treasury secretary if it's someone else, a true amb t or vice president can do d
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bob cusack is managing editor of the hill he joins us live from washington. bob, good to see you. one study found that roughly 80% of low-income americans who will become eligible have no idea what is going on. could that jeopardize a system that is dependent upon many people being involved in. >> yeah, no it's very important. the administration has a huge task they've got to implement the law overt next year and if you if lower enrollment experts say that will lead to overall higher premiums. you want to get as many people as you can into these health exchanges otherwise hospitals say they will be stuck with the bill and that is going to lead to higher premiums. an enormous task of the obama administration. they have to issue these new rules. they postponed them until after the election, now they are starting to role them out. they have to educate the public, it will be very difficult to do. and politically dies see, you have a lot of governors who don't want to guy anywhere near this healthcare law. gregg: speaking of the republican governor they say look we are not going to set
bob cusack is managing editor of the hill he joins us live from washington. bob, good to see you. one study found that roughly 80% of low-income americans who will become eligible have no idea what is going on. could that jeopardize a system that is dependent upon many people being involved in. >> yeah, no it's very important. the administration has a huge task they've got to implement the law overt next year and if you if lower enrollment experts say that will lead to overall higher...
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. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm shannon bream in washington. the big story here is the escalating conflict the middle east between israel and palestinians in gaza. tonight on special we're live on the border. the israeli air aquality continues. more than 100 palestinians have been killed. rockets from gaza continue to sore toward israel. threatening civilians. the government there says the iron dome defense system shot down half of them today. we'll see how the conflict if its in the largeer middle east picture and we will look at a day in life in a nation undersiege. growing op in addition congress to possible nomination to u.n. embass sore susan rice as the secretary of state. 97 house republicans sent a letter to the president complaining about rice's statements following the attack in the u.s. mission in libya. rice attributeed the assault to outrage over anti-muslim film despite intelligence that it was an organized terror strike. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern from washington. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> andre
. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm shannon bream in washington. the big story here is the escalating conflict the middle east between israel and palestinians in gaza. tonight on special we're live on the border. the israeli air aquality continues. more than 100 palestinians have been killed. rockets from gaza continue to sore toward israel. threatening civilians. the government there says the iron dome defense system shot down half of them today. we'll see how the conflict if its in the largeer middle...
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. >> rick rick -- dana milbank in today's "washington post" writing in the waning days of campaign mitt romney was uplifting, optimistic and inspirational. in other words almost entirely different from the man we saw and heard these past many months. i couldn't had help but wonder whether he would be in a better position if he had taken the high road months ago. your magazine had a very powerful i thought endorsement of barack obama and did a masterful assessment of romney and his weaknesses. do you think that is true? >>. >> we've got two different reports now on how romney -- on the one hand he's depressed and other hand he's up. we don't know. let me second the point about voting. voting is the sacrament of our democracy and that's why i vote. because i'm a new yorker so everybody knows which way new york is going, but i just persistently and stubbornly vote every time because it's like the altar of democracy. >> do you think the fact that this is tight is going to be -- to chris's point we don't know what's going to happen until it happens. do you think the tightness of this race wi
. >> rick rick -- dana milbank in today's "washington post" writing in the waning days of campaign mitt romney was uplifting, optimistic and inspirational. in other words almost entirely different from the man we saw and heard these past many months. i couldn't had help but wonder whether he would be in a better position if he had taken the high road months ago. your magazine had a very powerful i thought endorsement of barack obama and did a masterful assessment of romney and...
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washington, pay attention. it has taken a life-altering disaster to show the country how our elected officials can work together, regardless of party affiliation. now, they're officials, they're not leaders until they work together, and this is what we're seeing. president obama arrived in new jersey today, to get a closer look at the damage from hurricane sandy. he was greeted by governor chris christie. and the two men just continued to work on this partnership that they got going when it comes to recovering from this storm. in fact, they've been doing it before the storm hit. now, these were the sites the president saw as he flew over the jersey coastline. image after image of flooded homes, destroyed boardwalks, and washed out roads dominated the president's trip. on the ground, president obama and governor christie visited relief shelters throughout the area. the governor offered this assessment of the president to storm victims. he means what he says. it's important that he is here. christie had more prai
washington, pay attention. it has taken a life-altering disaster to show the country how our elected officials can work together, regardless of party affiliation. now, they're officials, they're not leaders until they work together, and this is what we're seeing. president obama arrived in new jersey today, to get a closer look at the damage from hurricane sandy. he was greeted by governor chris christie. and the two men just continued to work on this partnership that they got going when it...
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bill: this is the editorial from the "washington post" now okay. at some point president obama has to prepare the american people and his own supporters, most of all, for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. only one person is in a position to make it happen. i'll give you the last word. when will it happen? >> the yes is there's going to be a review, and it has been going on since the healthcare act of what hedda car medicare does and what it does not do. that does not mean have you to reduce the benefits of those who paid into the program. that we have to make clear before we even discuss medicare. it should not be in this deal. give the middle class the tax cuts, continue the tax cuts, which are 98% of the american people, this party, the republican party is not going to hold this hostage and america hostage any longer. we have to make that clear, bill. when you're talking about medicare you're talking about healthcare costs, there is a difference. bill: these are enormous issues and there are 33 days on t
bill: this is the editorial from the "washington post" now okay. at some point president obama has to prepare the american people and his own supporters, most of all, for the hard decisions required to put the country on a sound financial footing. only one person is in a position to make it happen. i'll give you the last word. when will it happen? >> the yes is there's going to be a review, and it has been going on since the healthcare act of what hedda car medicare does and...
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a washington community was flooded after a beaver dam gave way. a deluge of water caused road closures and damage to at least one home. the homeowner had complained about the dam to county officials before it ruptured. and was told the army corps of engineers had been notified. >>> now let's get to your money. stocks edged higher monday. looking back the dow gained 3.3% on election day 2008. another note, historically the dow and the s&p have both performed about 30% better under democratic ppts than republicans. a federal judge threw out a patent suit hours before trial. tesla jumped 9% as it ramps you have production of the sedans. american suzuki filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. nike is reportedly in final talks to sell its shoe brand to a private equity firm for $500 million. phillips 66 has a major gas refinery will remain idle for two to three weeks for sandy-related repairs. >>> good news. whole frozen turkeys cost only about five cents more than two years ago. anheuser-busch is asking paramount to remove the bud logo of the movie "flight."
a washington community was flooded after a beaver dam gave way. a deluge of water caused road closures and damage to at least one home. the homeowner had complained about the dam to county officials before it ruptured. and was told the army corps of engineers had been notified. >>> now let's get to your money. stocks edged higher monday. looking back the dow gained 3.3% on election day 2008. another note, historically the dow and the s&p have both performed about 30% better under...